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Story plot: ATEEZ finally gets a well deserved break. A real one, where they don't have to prepare for a comeback for a while. For some reason, everyone seems to take this opportunity to party like crazy. Jongho isn't allowed to drink, so he usually stays back at the dorm. He's tired of taking care of everyone when they get home completely drunk and decides to confront them with their behaviour.

The EP 3. eara has finally come to an end and ATEEZ gets their well deserved break before they'll start working on their next comeback.

But Jongho seems to have different plans on what they'll do during their break. He wanted to go out to do fun things with his boyfriends like going to amusement parks, visiting a zoo, spending time at a wellness center or just chill at the dorm and play games.

But his boyfriends seem to have a completely different plan to fill in their break. They want to go out to clubs and party until the sun comes up. They've forgotten about that fact that Jongho can't go out to the clubs because he's too young.

"So tonight is out first night off! Who's coming with me to the club tonight?!" San shouts and they all agree. Everyone but Jongho. "I can't.. I'm not old enough to go in.." He says with a little disappointment in his voice.

"Oh yeah.. Well.. We won't come back super late right?" San says. "No we'll leave a bit early so we can spend some time with you as well!" Yunho says and smiles. "Okay." Jongho says, believing that his boyfriends are responsible enough to do so.

Jongho is chilling on the couch downstairs when all his boyfriends come back down as well after they got ready. "Ohh you guys look amazing! Everyone is going to be so jealous of your looks!" He says and stands up to kiss every single one of them. "I still can't believe you're all mine." He chuckles and the others laugh. "We're all yours baby." Mingi says as he pulls Jongho closer for one last passionate kiss.

"Have fun tonight!" "Thank you baby you too!" And with that, they all leave and make their way over to the club.

At this point, Jongho actually doesn't care that he couldn't join them. Now he can spend some time alone and do whatever he wants. He decides to try on a new face mask and probably binge watch his favorite serie on Netflix. It's Jongho time.

However, when the clock strikes 2am, Jongho is exhausted and his boyfriends haven't come home yet. He sighs as decides to sleep on the couch to make sure he'll wake up when they come back home.

Around 4 in the morning he wakes up when he hears the front door opening and closing. They're all trying to whisper but it's more like softly shouting at each other. "Wooyoung come!" San drags his boyfriend to the toilet since he's been throwing up the entire way back home. He quickly kneels down and starts to throw up again.

Jongho quickly sits up as he hears Wooyoung, but at the same time he notices his other boyfriends fumbling around the room. He sighs when he realizes they're all beyond drunk. "Heyy let's get you all to bed!" "Jongie!! We missed you so much! It was so much fun but we only wanted you to be with us!" Jongho smiles and takes Yunho's hand. "Oh I bet baby, let's go to bed." As Jongho struggled to bring them all safely to bed so they don't get hurt, he finally manages to go back downstairs to check up on Wooyoung and San.

When he opens the door he notices how they fell asleep against each other on the cold ground. "Wooyoungie.. Sannie.." He tries to wake them up but with no luck. "Damnit.." He mumbles to himself before he carefully picks up San first from the ground. 

Lifting San up causes Wooyoung to wake up as well. "Nooo Sannie!" "Sannie is asleep baby, I'm going to bring him to bed and I'll come back okay?" Wooyoung pouts and nods before shutting his eyes again. Jongho makes sure that San is in bed and then makes sure Wooyoung gets up  and brings him to bed as well. After he put them all to bed he finally gets to his own room to go to sleep as well.

This is not what he expected. They would be home early to spend some time with him, but he didn't expect to be spending time with them like this.

He wakes up early, knowing the others will probably all still be asleep since they came home late. Seonghwa recently taught him how to make pancakes so he's going to surprise them with a nice breakfast to help them through this day since they'll probably be hungover.

No amusement park or zoo or anything like that for today.

Seonghwa is the first to come downstairs, looking like crap of course. "You made us breakfast?" He mumbles and Jongho looks up. "I did hyung. You taught me how to make pancakes so I thought that'd be a nice surprise." He walks over to his boyfriend and places a soft kiss on his forehead. "My head feels like it's going to explode.." Seonghwa mumbles and Jongho chuckles. "Yeah I bet. You guys were a mess when you came home. After breakfast I'll make sure you all get some pain medication to kill the headache.

Jongho didn't mind taking care of them. It was their break as well and if they wanted to go out they could.

They're always very responsible. I can't hold them back here just because I can't go out to the club. I honestly kind of like taking care of them for once, instead of the other way around. Now I can show that, even though I'm the maknae, I'm responsible and I can look after them as well. I'm pretty sure they've learned from this. I don't think they want to feel like this every day.

Little did the know that he was going regret thinking that.

They ended up going out every night, leaving Jongho at the dorm all by himself. They were constantly invited to parties and sometimes even as VIP guests. They said it was good for their promotions to let people see who they are.

But I'm a part of you guys too right.. I belong with you as well..

Jongho was starting to feel left out. They still haven't gone to an amusement park, a zoo, a wellness center or anything like that. They have been going out every night. Jongho is still taking care of them every single day to make sure they start to feel better again.

He makes them breakfast, but after that they all go straight back to their rooms. He calls them for lunch and they all leave again after that. Then he makes sure there is something to eat for dinner and they leave again to get ready. It's the same thing every single day.

He wants to stop this right now. They don't have a lot of days off anymore before the preparations for the next comeback will start. He wants to hang out with them before it's too late.

I'm going to talk to them tomorrow. I don't care how hungover they'll be but they need to know that I really miss them.. It's like we're not even together anymore at this point. It hurts..

When they all come back downstairs, ready for another party Jongho wishes them a good night and with that, they leave.

Really. Not even a single kiss. They just leave me like that..

Tears start to fill his eyes as he snuggles into the corner of the couch. Did I do something wrong? Is it because I'm young.. Am I boring because I can't go out? Maybe they've just fallen out of love with me.. He starts to sob silently and eventually falls asleep.

Around 5am they all stumble inside again, looking worse than ever. Jongho sits up and just stares at them for a moment. He watches Hongjoong and Seonghwa stumble and run to the kitchen because Hongjoong is sick. Yeosang and Wooyoung run to the toilet because Yeosang is sick. Mingi and Yunho support San because he hurt his ankle.

This can't be happening. Please tell me this isn't happening.

He gets up to shut and lock the front door, making room for Mingi, San and Yunho on the couch.

He decides to check up on Seonghwa and Hongjoong first. "What did you drink?" He asks as he puts a hairband in Hongjoongs hair to keep it from falling in his face. "God baby.." He gently rubs his back in little circles as he watches Seonghwa, whose face is getting more pale every minute. "Hongjoong baby hold on a second okay." He turns his attention to Seonghwa and holds him up. "Alright you need to sit down hyung come on." He helps Seonghwa over and into a chair in the living room. "Do you need anything hyung? A blanket? A bucket?" Seonghwa just shrugs, being unable to answer. "I'll get you both.." Jongho places a bucket next to the chair and wraps a soft thick blanket around him. He places a soft kiss on his forehead when he hears something fall followed by a scream coming from the kitchen.

He runs back to Hongjoong and kneels down. "What happened??" "B- blackout." Is all he manages to say and Jongho lifts him up. "Are you hurt hyung?" He vaguely shakes his head so Jongho carries him to another lounge chair in the living room. He places a bucket beside him as well and cover him with a blanket. "I need to check on the others but I'll be around okay?" He kisses his boyfriends forehead and places a bag of ice on Sans ankle when he makes his way over to Yeosang and Wooyoung. "I'll come to you guys in a moment okay?!" He yells at San and sighs when he kneels down beside Yeosang and Wooyoung.

"Sangie baby.. It's Jongho.." He places a soft kiss on the side of his head and hands him a bottle of water. "Drink some.." He then turns his attention to Wooyoung. "Are you feeling okay?" He carefully pulls Yeosang away from the toilet and within seconds Wooyoung starts to throw up as well. "Sangie what did you guys do.." Yeosang shrugs, unable to remember anything that has happened. "Woo love, I'm gonna bring Yeosang to bed. I'll be right back!"

He quickly brings Yeosang to bed before making his way back to Wooyoung. "Nothing more is going to come out babe.." He flushes the toilet and hands Wooyoung some water as well. He helps him upstairs and brings him to bed as well.

Lastly he makes his way over to Mingi, San and Yunho. "And what happened here?" He kneels down in front of San since Mingi and Yunho are passed out in the corner of the couch. He grabs another blanket and tucks them in so they won't get cold. San shrugs and just stares at his ankle.

Jongho carefully takes off Sans shoe to check his ankle. "I think you sprained it babe.. Just keep the ice on it. I'll get you some water and pain medication." He places a gentle kiss on Sans forehead before getting up to get the medication and some water.

"Here take this." He hands it over to San who gladly swallows the pain medication down with some water. Jongho grabs another blanket and tucks San in as well. "Try to get some rest okay baby?" San nods as he closes his eyes and rests in the other corner of the couch.

Jongho gets up and looks around in the living room. It's a mess. They're a mess. This needs to stop right now.

Jongho barely talked to them the next morning. They're all extremely hungover and constantly complaining. He's trying to keep his cool but he's really starting to lose it with every complaint that he hears.

You should be glad I'm constantly taking care of you. It's been literally the same thing every night and every day. A thank you or something would be great, but you all just seem to take it for granted. I bet you don't even realise you're completely neglecting me and leaving me out.

"This headache is the worst.." Hongjoong mumbles and this time, Jongho snaps.

"Oh your little headache is the worst?! Really Hongjoong. I'm pretty sure this whole fucking situation is the absolute worst!"

They all stare at him, not understand where this sudden outburst is coming from.

"Do you guys even realise what you're doing?! In case you forgot, I'm your boyfriend! Hi. Yes. It's me. Choi Jongho. Does that ring a bell? I guess not! Because ever since we're on this break you guys have been completely neglecting me! I've been taking care of you drunken asses every single night and I'm making sure you all get through the day just to watch you leave and repeat the whole damn thing!" Tears from sadness and anger are rolling down his cheeks by now. "It hurts okay! I miss you and watching you leave me alone every night hurts!"

Yeosang gets up from the couch and quickly pulls Jongho into a warm hug. "W- we're really really sorry baby.. We had no idea that you were feeling this way about everything.."

They all stand up to hug Jongho. They never meant to hurt him this much. But he is right. They have been neglecting him and they shouldn't have done that.

"I think I speak for all of us if I say we're not going out anymore. You never deserved this. You've been way too good and way too patient with us. Why didn't you stop us earlier if it was bothering you this much?" Seonghwa asks. "Because I didn't want to hurt you guys and stop you from having fun.."

"But baby.. Now we hurt you and we never ever meant to hurt you and make you feel like we were neglecting you.." Yunho says and Wooyoung and San agree.

"Can you forgive us?" Mingi asks carefully as he looks at his boyfriend.

Jongho looks at them, seeing the tears in their eyes as well. He knows they don't cry often so when there are tears, it's serious. He quickly nods and smiles a little again. "I forgive you, all of you. Shall we just lay back today and do something fun tomorrow?"

"If that's what you want baby, we will. It's all about you now." San says and kisses his boyfriend softly. Thankfully there is no jealousy, because soon after San pulled him in for a kiss, the rest quickly follows.

A/N: One more OT8 oneshot left after this one for now. I'll try to work out some more in future oneshots.

Are there subjects you guys prefer reading about? Anxiety, insecurities, depression?

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